Zakynthos is also known as Zante. The east of the island is fertile and the West barren and mountainous.
By the earthquake in 1953, many old mansions and beautiful churches of the capital Zakynthos Town devastated.
The tourist resort of Laganas is best known for its long sandy beach of Zakynthos. In the protected Marine Park in the Gulf of Laganas live the "Caretta Caretta" or "Loggerhead" turtles. This seaturtles use Laganas beach to lay their eggs.
A very famous landmark of Zakynthos is the bay "To Navago" or Shipwrech beach. This is a beautiful white beach with an old ship wreck of a smugglers boat, surrounded by high cliffs and beautiful blue water. This is one of the places of Greece exhibited as a picture on almost every Greek calendar or postcards.
From the water it is possible to use boats to visit the caves. Along the coasts The Blue Cave is the best known for its deep blue color in the cave.
Analogue photos from 1991 digitized
By the earthquake in 1953, many old mansions and beautiful churches of the capital Zakynthos Town devastated.
The tourist resort of Laganas is best known for its long sandy beach of Zakynthos. In the protected Marine Park in the Gulf of Laganas live the "Caretta Caretta" or "Loggerhead" turtles. This seaturtles use Laganas beach to lay their eggs.
A very famous landmark of Zakynthos is the bay "To Navago" or Shipwrech beach. This is a beautiful white beach with an old ship wreck of a smugglers boat, surrounded by high cliffs and beautiful blue water. This is one of the places of Greece exhibited as a picture on almost every Greek calendar or postcards.
From the water it is possible to use boats to visit the caves. Along the coasts The Blue Cave is the best known for its deep blue color in the cave.
Analogue photos from 1991 digitized